This Superior Place - Book

This Superior Place: Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands captures the unique qualities of this part of Wisconsin that brings tourists coming back year after year. Picturesque Bayfield on Lake Superior is Wsconsin's smallest city by population but one of its most popular visitor destinations. The book, by Dennis McCann, is a historically reliable look at the community as it is today and how it came to be. Because Bayfield is the gateway to the Apotle Islands, the book also features information about the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Madeline Island, and the Red Cliff Ojibwe communtiy.

Dennis McCann is a Wisconsin native and longtime explorer of the state?s nooks and crannies. A University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism graduate, he joined the "Milwaukee Journal" (later the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel") in 1983 as farm writer and state rover. Now a freelance writer, he spends most of his time with his wife, Barb, a retired teacher, at their home on Lake Superior in Bayfield.